Kintyre People


A genealogical database of individuals who lived in Kintyre during the early modern period, from roughly 1500 CE to 1800 CE.

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Anderson, John

Anderson, John

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  • Name Anderson, John  [1]
    Gender Male
    Community-wide Assize Trial 14 Jun 1710  Campbeltown, Campbeltown parish, Argyll, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    "David Andrew in Auchaleek, ^guilty of^ cutting of scroggs, And of the Crime of Usury, in as far as he did lend Twenty merks Scots to John Anderson in Clachcoal for w[hi]ch he was to get a Cow & grass of advantage over & above [th]e a[nnual]rent due by law, Conform to his own Judici : al confession, But the thing ^being^ but mean. The Assise refer him to [th]e Lord Justice, for a Mitiga[tio]n of [th]e ordinary punishment of Usury." 
    Person ID I183  Kintyre People
    Last Modified 8 Jul 2026

    Father Anderson, Allan   d. ca. 1709, Campbeltown, Campbeltown parish, Argyll, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location
    Mother Pecoak, Margaret
    Family ID F24  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Cordoner, Nancy
    Marriage 30 Dec 1697  Campbeltown, Campbeltown parish, Argyll, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Children 
     1. Anderson, Allan II,   c. 9 Oct 1698, Campbeltown, Campbeltown parish, Argyll, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Anderson, Isabel,   c. 25 May 1701, Campbeltown, Campbeltown parish, Argyll, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Anderson, John,   c. 7 Nov 1703, Campbeltown, Campbeltown parish, Argyll, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Anderson, William II,   c. 10 Apr 1709, Campbeltown, Campbeltown parish, Argyll, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Anderson, Agnes,   c. 5 Jul 1713, Campbeltown, Campbeltown parish, Argyll, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F25  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 1 Jul 2026

  • Notes 
    • In 1692, Allan Andersone and John, his son, were fencible men in Machrihannish.

      In 1694, Allan Anderson occupied a hearth in Machriemoir.

      John was likely the brother of William Anderson, who received a tack to Clochkeil in 1709.

      "William Anderson in Machrihanish * Margaret Pecoak his mother," received a tack of the "2 ½ mkland of 5 mkland of Clochkeoll presently possesst by Malcolm McNeill of Darlochan."

      Speculative family tree:
      Allan Anderson + Margaret Pecoak
      sons: John Anderson, William Anderson

  • Sources 
    1. [S1] National Records of Scotland, SC54/17/2/35/5.

    2. [S3] OPR - Banns & Marriages, 507 10/24.